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May 2021
40m 11s

Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace...

TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee
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Youngme and Felix invite their friend and celebrated author, consultant, and Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei , to discuss the challenges of bringing true diversity and inclusion into the workplace.  

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